BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Grand Rapids girls basketball team picked up their 12th win in a row as they defeated Bemidji 61-56 Tuesday night. In other prep girls basketball action, it was Proctor getting a big section win over Mesabi East 79-46. Categories: High School, Sports
SUPERIOR, Wis. – In the opening round of the WIAA boys hockey playoffs, the Superior boys hockey team knocked off Tomah/Sparta 4-0 Tuesday night at Wessman Arena. The Spartans move on to face Eau Claire Memorial in the regional title game. On the final day of the regular season for Minnesota prep boys hockey, Max Plante would score the game-winner…
PROCTOR, Minn. – It was just about a decade ago that Duluth Marshall was part of the co-op with Proctor/Hermantown. But now, these two programs have become rivals and will meet up for the second year in a row and third time in the past four years with a trip to state on the line. “When I was playing here…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – “It’s really cool, I’ve never been on a dog sled before, so that was my first time and definitely wasn’t all what I expected,” UWS student, Molly Mason says. The sled dogs were out at UWS, an event organized by TRIO Student Support Services with Cast Outdoor Adventures, Inc., a wilderness based company who strives to educate…
DULUTH, Minn. – This Friday night, Duluth boxer Danny Huffman will be back in action at the Grand Casino in Hinckley. He’ll take on Jessie Addison in a re-match of their fight two and a half years ago that was called a draw. And after a re-match win in his last fight back in October, Huffman says a win this…
PROCTOR, Minn. – The state tournament for high school Nordic skiing begins Wednesday at Giant’s Ridge in Biwabik. The Proctor boys will be taking part in the action for the first time since 1997. To celebrate their trip, the school held a special send-off before they made their trek up north. “It’s amazing, the community support. They just rallied around…
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Anneke Linser scored her third goal in as many games, but the UMD women’s hockey team would skate to a 1-1 tie with St. Cloud State Tuesday afternoon at the Herb Brooks Hockey Center. The Huskies would win the shootout 2-1 to take home the extra WCHA point. The Bulldogs will close out their regular season…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Proctor/Hermantown’s Abby Pajari and Grand Rapids/Greenway’s Kenzie Cole have been named semi-finalists for the Miss Hockey Senior Goalie of the Year award. Pajari holds the Mirage program record for career wins and shutouts. Cole helped the Lightning win 18 games this season with a 92% save percentage. The list of 12 will be narrowed down to…
DULUTH, Minn. – Proctor native Liz Frase led the way with a career-high 22 points as the St. Scholastica women’s basketball team held on to defeated Concordia (MN) 57-54 Monday night at the Reif Gym. In the men’s game, Nick Carlson and Quinn Fischer combined to score 29 points as the Saints defeated the Cobbers 69-67. Categories: College, Sports
CROMWELL, Minn. – The Cromwell-Wright girls basketball team scored early and often as they picked up a big section win over Cherry 72-33 Monday night. In other action in Section 7A, South Ridge handed Chisholm their first section loss of the season 69-67. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – In a joint statement, Duluth Denfeld athletic director Tom Pearson and Duluth East athletic director Shawn Roed will be working with their coaches to develop an action plan to address sportsmanship within their athletic programs following FOX 21’s story on the incident of a Greyhounds hockey player that led to a Hunters player being diagnosed with a…
MAPLE, Wis. – This past weekend, we crowned a Super Bowl champion. But we also had a local championship too, as the Northwestern boys basketball team captured the Heart ‘O North title in very convincing fashion. The Tigers defeated Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 84-60 on Saturday night. Monte Mayberry led the way with 28 points, while Jase Nelson and Cole Lahti each chipped…
DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica golf team has some new toys to help them during practice. The Saints have two new hitting bays that allow them to stay on campus for training. CSS also has a pair of simulators, which helps during the winter time. Thanks to the new equipment, this the earliest time ever the Saints have been…
DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth Marshall girls hockey and the Boettcher name go hand-and-hand. “Hockey means just as much to me as everyone else in my family. My sisters were here when the program just started. We started our high school program, only JV and my sisters were on that so all of the program’s history, my family’s been here,” Duluth…
VIRGINIA, Minn. – We are getting to the end of things for the girls hockey seasons as just a handful of teams remain. On Saturday, multiple local teams hit the ice on the Iron Range looking to punch their tickets to the section championships. In section 7A, top seed and defending state champions Proctor/Hermantown held off Hibbing/Chisholm 2-1 to advance…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The UW-Superior women’s hockey team couldn’t find the back of the net on Sunday night as No. 5 UW-Eau Claire got the 4-0 win for their second shutout over the Yellowjackets this week. It was the third game in as many days and fourth game in the last five days for the Yellowjackets. Molly Black made 27…
DENVER, Colo. – Former Hermantown captain Darian Gotz picked the right time for his first career goal, taking a pass from fellow Hermantown captain Blake Biondi to score the game-winner to give No.6 Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey the 3-2 win over No. 3 Denver. Kobe Roth scored the other two goals for the Bulldogs. Zach Stejskal made his return to…
DULUTH, Minn. – The No. 4 Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey team exploded for four goals in the third period to get the 8-1 win over St. Thomas to sweep the weekend and season series. Clara Van Wieren and Naomi Rogge finished with two goals each while Anneke Linser, Taylor Anderson, Elizabeth Giguere and Gabby Krause each scored once. Van Wieren…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Denfeld boys basketball team used a big second half to get the 75-65 home win over Zimmerman on Saturday to snap an eight-game losing streak. Dane Dzuck led the way with 26 points while Marnaries Ferguson finished with 19 points. The Hunters will be back in action Tuesday hosting Duluth Marshall. Categories: High School, Sports
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The UW-Superior women’s basketball team couldn’t hang around late as Northwestern got the 53-41 win in the Yellowjackets regular season home finale. Paige Servais led the Yellowjackets with 12 points while Brianna O’Donnell had 10 points and seven rebounds. The Yellowjackets trailed by four at the break, but couldn’t do much in the second half, shooting just…
DULUTH, Minn. – Thursday night, FOX 21 revealed shocking footage from late in Wednesday night’s game between the Duluth East and Duluth Denfeld boys hockey teams. It shows Greyhounds defenseman Grady Downs attacking Hunters forward Cooper McClure with repeated blows to the head. Duluth superintendent John Magas sat down exclusively with FOX 21 and he says he was notified of…
CLOQUET, Minn. – For this week’s Coaches Corner, we hear from CEC girls hockey head coach Courtney Olin as the Lumberjacks will face Duluth Marshall Saturday in the Section 7A semi-finals. Categories: Coaches Corner, Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica women’s hockey team extended their unbeaten streak to five straight games as they defeated St. Catherine 6-4 Friday night, behind a hat trick from Abby Pohlkamp. In other Division III hockey action, the UWS women defeated UW-Stevens Point 6-4 and the UWS men fell to UW-Stout 4-2 at Wessman Arena. Categories: College, Friday Night…
DULUTH, Minn. – Gabby Krause and Anneke Linser each score for the UMD women’s hockey team as they defeated St. Thomas 2-1 Friday night at Amsoil Arena. The Bulldogs held the Tommies to a program-low six shots on goal as they’ll look to sweep the series Saturday afternoon. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports, University of Minnesota – Duluth
HERMANTOWN, Minn. – The Hermantown boys hockey team used a big third period to get the 5-3 win over Holy Family at home on Friday night. Zam Plante finished the night with three assists which gave him 100 career points. Hermantown improves to 21-2 on the season and will be back in action on Saturday hosting St. Thomas Academy. Meanwhile,…
CLOQUET, Minn. – After the end of the 2021 high school football season, Cloquet’s Tom Lenarz announced his resignation as head coach of the Lumberjacks. The administration moved quick to find his replacement and they decided to make it an in-house hire. Longtime assistant coach Jeff Ojanen will be the new head coach of the Cloquet football team. Ojanen has…
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – Thursday night, history was made up on the Iron Range. Grand Rapids/Greenway forward Mercury Bischoff scored her 49th goal of the season in the Lightning’s section playoff win over the Duluth Northern Stars. Bischoff is now the program’s all-time leader in goals score in one season, passing Emily Erickson’s record of 48 which was set back…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The UW-Superior track and field program has re-named their alumni meet for Saturday to honor former student-athlete and coach Sam Maday, who passed away suddenly in December. It will now be called the “Maday Classic” and there will be a short ceremony on Saturday that will include a banner and plaque reveal with his family in attendance….
NEW YORK (AP) – Pitchers Joe Flores of Colorado, Lenny Polanco and Jesus Tovar and Minnesota and Alan Ramirez of Miami have been suspended for 60 games each following positive tests for the performance-enhancing substance Stanozolol under baseball’s minor league drug program. All four are assigned to the Dominican Summer League. San Francisco pitcher Austin Reich was suspended for 50…
DULUTH, Minn. – When the Duluth East and Duluth Denfeld boys hockey teams meet up, it’s always a chippy affair between two rivals. But Wednesday night’s game has now prompted an investigation from the district. A video from the online stream of the game from late in the third period shows Duluth East junior defenseman Grady Downs go behind the…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Denfeld boys hockey team shook off a slow start as they defeated Duluth Marshall 3-2 Thursday night at the Heritage Center. In other prep boys hockey action, Proctor got the Senior Night win over North Shore 5-1. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth East boys basketball team suffered a heart-breaking loss at home to Tartan 57-54 Thursday night. The Greyhounds would look to snap their two-game losing streak Saturday at home against Woodbury. Categories: High School, Sports
HERMANTOWN, Minn. – What a season it’s been for Hermantown goalie Garron Opsahl. The junior has broken two state records: consecutive shutouts with six and he has not allowed a goal in 353 minutes and 43 seconds of game time, which is nearly 100 minutes more than the previous record. “It was really cool. At first, I didn’t realize it…
BEIJING, China – Last month when asked about being named to the U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team, UMD’s Noah Cates said it was a dream come true while smiling from ear to ear. Well so far, the dream is getting better and better. Before Wednesday’s opener against China, Cates was named an assistant captain for Team USA. And in his…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Marshall girls took care of business Tuesday night as they defeated Rock Ridge 2-0 to advance to the section semi-finals. Next up for the Hilltoppers is a red-hot Cloquet-Esko-Carlton squad. However, Marshall defeated the Lumberjacks in their only regular season match-up one month ago. “They’re are a tough team and it will be a very…
DULUTH, Minn. – After splitting their road series with Wisconsin, the UMD women’s hockey team is now fourth in the country, which means if the NCAA tournament began today, the Bulldogs would host playoff games. And that makes the final few weeks as important as ever. “Wherever you sit, it should just be fuel and motivation, whether you’re at the…
DULUTH, Minn. – Andy Larson and Cooper McClure each scored twice as the Duluth Denfeld boys hockey team defeated Duluth East 6-2 Wednesday night at the Heritage Center. It was the Hunters’ first win over the Greyhounds since January 8th, 2013. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – UMD announced Wednesday that the women’s basketball game Friday at the University of Mary has been cancelled. The decision comes due to a non-COVID related illness with the Marauders’ program. The game will not be re-scheduled. The men’s game will still take place and the women now set their sights on Minot for Saturday night. Categories: College,…
DULUTH, Minn. – Tuesday night, the UMD men’s hockey team jumped out to a 2-0 lead on St. Cloud State and just needed one more period to close out the Huskies. And that’s not exactly how it would play out. St. Cloud State would score two goals in the final period to force overtime as the game officially went down…
DEER RIVER, Minn. – Tuesday night, Deer River’s Ty Morrison became the program’s all time leading scorer. The Warriors knocked off Ely as Morrison broke Damon Benham’s record of 1,710 career points. He is also the program’s all time leader in assists. Deer river is currently 15-2 and riding a nine game win streak. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – In the first round of the Section 7A girls hockey playoffs, Duluth Marshall held on to beat Rock Ridge 2-1 and Cloquet-Esko-Carlton blanked North Shore 4-0. The Hilltoppers and Lumberjacks will meet Saturday in the section semi-finals. Categories: High School, Sports
ASHLAND, Wis. – Tis the season for winter fun, and the options are endless especially when you take a trip to Northwestern Wisconsin. “I think Ashland is a great escape,” said Mary McPhetridge, executive director of Visit Ashland. It’s a four-season destination that flourishes year-round. “We have this wonderful little mural, self-guided tour that you can pick up,” said McPhetridge….
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Marshall girls basketball team shook off a slow start to get the home section win over Virginia 61-51 Tuesday night. And in prep boys basketball action, Hermantown earned a home win over Proctor 95-76. Categories: High School, Sports
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The UMD men’s hockey team took a 2-0 into the third period, but St. Cloud State rallied to send the game into overtime as the game ended in a 2-2 tie. The Huskies would win the shootout 3-2 to take home the extra NCHC point. Tanner Laderoute and Quinn Olson each scored for the Bulldogs. Categories:…
EVELETH, Minn. – Monday night, Eveleth-Gilbert’s Will Bittmann made program history, becoming the only player to grab 1,000 rebounds. Back in December, Bittmann reached the 1,000-point milestone. This is the Golden Bears’ final season as a program as they will merge with Rock Ridge next season. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – On Wednesday night, the Duluth Denfeld boys hockey team will host military appreciation night as the Heritage Center. As part of the event, the team ordered jerseys for sponsors, but when one of those sponsors asked for the jersey to be donated, the Hunters knew just who it should be. The players went up to Edgewood Vista…
CLOQUET, Minn. – The Duluth East boys hockey team rallied back from a 3-0 deficit to get the overtime win over Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 4-3 at the Northwoods Credit Union. Noah Teng scored the game-winner for the Greyhounds with less than 20 seconds left in overtime. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Sophomore guard Miranda Broberg led the way with 21 points as the St. Scholastica women’s basketball team defeated Macalester 68-57 Monday night at the Reif Gym. Proctor native Liz Frase also chipped in with 14 points as the Saints pick up their second win of the season. Categories: College, Sports
CROMWELL, Minn. – In a battle of two of the best teams in Section 7A, it was the Cromwell-Wright girls basketball teams getting the home win over South Ridge 55-45 Monday night. In other prep basketball action, the Esko girls won a double overtime thriller over Superior 43-41 and the Duluth Marshall boys took care of business at home with…
MADISON, Wis. – Friday night, the UMD women’s hockey team got their first win in Madison since 2010 via a 45 save shutout from Jojo Chobak. But Saturday night, the Badgers stormed back for the 5-1 win, including scoring two goals just 25 seconds apart. Despites Saturday’s struggles, UMD feels there are a lot of positives to take away from…
